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Dear Friends:
For many years students have been asking me to put a book together for a Colored Pencil tutorial. It has been an interesting endeavor especially when one considers that Colored Pencil is not the medium of the French Court Period. My thoughts about teaching this subject is to present the workshop from a tools and techniques point of view. As with all my teachings, I am always interested in helping students gain full understanding of the medium and the skills necessary to represent any medium with confidence.
For many years, my own work in colored pencil revolved around field and color study. Colored Pencil is perfect in the field and together with color swatches, a simple way to record subject color. In addition to field color studies, color pencil is wonderful for effective color studies that help students understand how to translate a gray scale value study of a composition into color to insure proper color balance - a prelude to the actual watercolor painting.
When applying this medium to a finished, fine art piece (scientific or not), the artist is faced with blending issues. For one thing, you have edges to contend with. In most cases you are working with papers that have some amount of "tooth". Pencil over paper tooth results in a bumpy surface and ragged edges - even if ever so slight the botanical artist who is so use to crisp edges may find this a bit disconcerting. There are, as with any other medium, tricks to the trade. Blending skills, clean edges, vibrant color, sharp highlights, are all possible to achieve. The only magic wand is "practice."
Let me at this point broaden the prevailing conception that the medium of colored pencil refers to "color rods" wrapped in wooden sticks. Not only are there many different blends of colored pencils (some with wax, some water based, and some neither), but the "color rods" can be short sticks not encased in wood, or even "crayon" type sticks. In addition, there are colored pencils that are soft and some that are hard. To build color you can gently apply layers, or build with gusto and burnishing, or you can even "melt" the color with blenders and turpentine. The world of colored pencil art takes on a whole new meaning when the artists begins to realize the vast resources of color, paper, and application that can be used.
For Academy students and others who have been developing their drawing skills, the colored pencil medium can become a very exciting genre and a way to broaden your repertoire of not just botanical art, but all kinds of fine art compositions. Some of you may already be familiar with the colored pencil controversy revolving around colored pencils lightfast qualities. You will be pleased to know that the Colored Pencil Society of America (www.cpsa.org) has been actively pursuing ASTM standards and making great progress. You will want to read more about this here: www.cpsa.org/PRODUCT_RESEARCH/PR.litefast.release.html.
Once you tap into the CPSA website, be sure to check out their gallery and view wonderful examples of colored pencil fine art pieces. Below I've listed some additional colored pencil books you may want to purchase. Colored Pencil Painting Bible: Techniques for Achieving Luminous Color and Ultra-Realistic Effects by Alyona Nickelsen is a companion study aid for anyone wanting to take the Academy Colored Pencil course.
Remember, the first Academy @ Selby workshops of the season is scheduled for October 19-21. Those of you who travel to Sarasota to study can pick up a fourth and fifth day by attending Studio 20 on Thursday, October 22 and Friday, October 23. In fact, I've placed the October and November Selby classes only two weeks apart so traveling students can take advantage of ten teaching days in a four-week visit. Call me about this and we can set up a personalized study plan, or just call to catch up and let me know how you are.
I hope you are all enjoying the beautiful Fall weather, preparing your pumpkins and grateful hearts for all that we have, can behold, and can share.
God bless. OM
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ACADEMY @ Kentucky
Just a word of encouragement to all beginners.....
The Academy program is sequential, so as my husband says, "Don't override your headlights!." In other words, just try to focus on each book's goals. The skills achieved by finishing one course will prepare you for the next. Feel free to email me your work. I'd love to see your progress.
Remember to mark your
calendars for
June 14-17, 2010
Academy @ Kentucky Arboretum
INTRODUCING
FINE ARTIST RON SANDERS, PAA
THE ACADEMY'S NEWEST CERTIFIED ACADEMY INSTRUCTOR
This newsletter announces a very exciting Advanced Certificate Program the Academy is offering. The Academy has recently appointed renowned artist, Ron Sanders, as a Certified Academy Instructor.
Ron Sanders is an extremely talented artist and the Academy of Botanical Art is proud to have him as part of their education team.
Ron is a Signature Member of the Paint America Association and Associate Member of the Oil Painters of America. With his inclusion in numerous national juried exhibitions and ever increasing Best of Show Awards, this dedicated artist houses his beautiful work in both private and public collections throughout the United States, including the Indiana State Museum Collection. Recent awards include First Place in the 2009 Richeson 75: Portrait/Figure competition and the Most Innovative Painting Award at the National Oil & Acrylic Painters Society “Best of America 2008” exhibition.
Ron integrates design, draftsmanship, and layered painting techniques of his classical training with the color, texture and edges inspired by impressionism. Ron has a developed and thorough understanding of color theory and paint application which explains his advanced skill in expressing temperature and edge shifts that occur in natural light. He is author of the book Color Mixing/Color Matching: How to mix clean bright colors and beautiful neutrals.
In an effort for the Academy to offer students advanced techniques in painting that will assist in creating authentic habitats in combination with their botanicals, the Academy is delighted to offer this fall:
Ron's experience in historical painting and his vast knowledge of color theory and application will help guide not only botanical artists but nature artists and plein air artists to a higher level of expertise.
In conjunction with the Marie Selby Botanical Garden, the Academy will be offering a Certificate in Advance Studies to those individuals who complete the four course program and submit a "Senior Thesis" painting for review.
It is an honor to have Ron Sanders on our staff and we look forward to some very beautiful work coming out of this program.
To learn more about Ron and his work, visit:
www.sanders-studios.com
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Today's Botanical Artists
By Cora Marcus and Libby Kyer
Colored Pencil Painting Bible:
Techniques for Achieving Luminous Color and Ultra-Realistic Effects
by Alyona Nickelsen
Helen Van Wyk's Favorite Color Recipes
by Helen Van Wyk
Birds (Drawing in Color)
by Lee Hammond
The Pencil Box: A Treasury of Time-Tested Drawing Techniques and Advice
by Editors Of Artists Magazine And North Light Books
Colored Pencil Solution Book
by Janie Gildow, Barbara Newton
Color Mixing/Color Matching:
How to mix clean bright colors and beautiful neutrals.
by Ron Sanders
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Academy of Botanical Art
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Now Available for Anyone
Interested in Endangered Species,
Bromeliads or Palms
Endangered Species for Botanical Artists
This wonderful course is available to anyone interested in the study of endangered species.
Academy Students earn elective credits for taking this course and completing the enclosed exam. A wealth of information that all will find extremely interesting.
Academy Electives: 15
by John Beckner, Botanist
$150.00 Non Certificate Student ~ $275 Certificate Students
Bromeliads for Botanical Artists
The structure of bromeliad plants and their flowers
with suggestions for ways to illustrate and
better understand these exciting plants.
Academy Electives: 5
by John Beckner, Botanist
$50.00 Non Certificate Student ~ $175 Certificate Students
Palms for the Botanical Artist
This publication is just the tip of an iceberg.
Palms are plants inclined to large dimensions.
They are very numerous and more varied than you first imagine. This text is for the person interested in illustrating them in various ways;
artistic or scientific and as a motif for crafts. But nearly all of it will be useful to plant lovers, tropical nature fans, gardeners and other people.
Academy Electives: 5
by John Beckner, Botanist
$50.00 Non Certificate Student ~ $175 Certificate Students
Click here to learn more about the
Academy and its instructors
ABA Instruction & Course Paks
The Academy of Botanical Art's flexible program allows for distance learners to tailor a schedule of botanical art training to their needs that includes phone tutored lessons, classes with the Ringling College of Art and Design, the Marie Selby Botanical Garden, and Academy workshops now offered in several locations. Distance learners take advantage of classes offered in their hometown as part of their study program. There is hardly an excuse left not to join the Academy's growing school.
Book Volumes 1-8 = $38.00 each
Book Volumes 9 & 10 = $50.00 each
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Accompanying ABA Course Paks
Volumes 1-9 = $19.00 each
Volume 10 = $25.00
Plus Shipping & Handling
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Volume 12
Colored Pencil for the Botanical Artist $38.00
Course Pak #3a
Research on the Internet $35.00
Course Pak #11
Marketing Your Art $35.00
Course Pak #12
Colored Pencil $19.00
Course Book/Pak #16
Combined Endangered Plant Species of the World $125.00
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Soul Biz
"In spite of everything I shall rise again: I will take up my pencil, which I have forsaken in my great discouragement, and I will go on with my drawing."
Vincent Van Gogh
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"Lying in bed would be an altogether perfect and supreme experience if only one had a colored pencil long enough to draw on the ceiling."
G. K. Chesterton
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"Every life has dark tracts and long stretches of somber tint, and no representation is true to fact which dips its pencil only in light, and flings no shadows on the canvas."
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Alexander MacLaren
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Art Classes & Workshops
You can now combine
Distance Learning with Class Time
at any of our locations!!!
Private Classes with O.M.Braida
Studio 20 Resumes October 2009
Time:
All Private Studio Classes
are from 10:30am to 3:30pm
Location:
2068 Sunnyside Lane, Sarasota, FL, 34239.
Just off 41 in the Southgate area two blocks north of Webber and the Mall.
Dates:
2009
October 15, 16, 22, 23, 29
November 5, 12, 13, 19
December 3, 7, 8, 9, 10
2010
January 7, 14, 21, 22, 28
February 4, 11, 18, 19, 25
March 4, 11, 18, 25, 26
April 1,15, 22, 29
May 6, 13, 20, 21, 27
Tuition:
4 classes/20 hours: $450
Individual class: $125
Refreshments provided, but you may want to bring your own lunch.
Credit Cards Accepted!
Register Here
Or contact olivia@omartdesigns.com
Or Call 941-953-9999 for more information
COLORED PENCIL COURSE @ ACADEMY
Mondays
12:30 to 4:30pm
November 2, 16, 30, Dec 14
Inquire about other dates this course will be offered. Program soon to be offered to Distance Learners as well. Be sure to ask how to enroll.
Call Olivia to register:
941-953-9999
PHOTOGRAPHY COURSE @ ACADEMY
Program Objective: Students will learn
In Session One:
- Class One: Basics
- Class Two: Indoor Lighting of Plants Class Three: Plant Macro Photography
In Session Two:
- Class Four: Nature Photography I
- Class Five: Nature Photography II
- Class Six: Critique & Photoshop Demo
TAKE ONE OR BOTH!
Time:
10:30am to 3:30pm
Location:
2068 Sunnyside Lane, Sarasota, FL, 34239.
Just off 41 in the Southgate area two blocks north of Webber and the Mall.
2010 Dates:
Part I: January 25, 26, 27
Part II: February 8, 9, 10
Tuition:
$375 FOR ONE
$595 FOR BOTH
Please bring your lunch.
Credit Cards Accepted!
Register Here
Or contact olivia@omartdesigns.com
Or Call 941-953-9999 for more information
Susan Coffey is a fine artist and photographer who has been involved in the arts for more than thirty years. Her studio creates fine art Gicl�e prints using state of the art equipment from Epson. Learn more about Susan from her website: www.susancoffeydesigns.com.
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Marie Selby Botanical Gardens
To Register, visit www.selby.org
Or Call Marilynn Shelley 941-366-5731 x 239
2009/2010 Academy
@ Selby Schedule
Botanical Drawing & Watercolor
Noon to 5pm
Dates:
Three Day Workshops
$350 Members/$375 Non Members
2009
October 19, 20, 21
November 9, 10, 11
December 7, 8, 9
2010
January 18, 19, 20
February 15, 16, 17
March 22, 23, 24
April 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 (5-Day Workshop)
May 17, 18, 19
Advanced Studies in Nature Painting
Habitat Painting for Nature Artists
& Botanical Painters
Academy of Botanical Art and the Marie Shelby Botanical Garden are proud to announce their newest program
Open to anyone who meets one of the following criteria:
- Inter to Adv Watercolorists
- Nature Artists
- Certified Botanical Artists
- Inter to Adv Flower Painters
- Plein Air Painters
This program offers a Certificate in Advanced Nature Studies To students who complete all four courses and submit a "Senior Thesis"
- Participants can take one or all of the following courses.
- Everyone needs to take Course #1
- Only Certificate students must take all four courses
- Certificate students submit a "Senior Thesis" to receive their Certificate.
PROGRAM OBJECTIVE:
The objective of Advanced Studies in Nature Painting is to equip artists with the tools to incorporate the natural habitats that complement their paintings. Students will learn to think differently about art and one's artistic goals and meet the challenges of the ever changing effects of natural light. Students will be instructed in fundamental abstract principles of art and design which will be reinforced by a range of artistic schools and movements.
Course #1
October 10, 24, November 7
10am-3:30pm PREREQUISTE
$350 Members/$375 Non-Members
$25.00 Book Fee
MIXING TEMPERATURE BIASED COLOR
Learning to see and mix temperature biased color for the depiction of natural sunlight and skylight on form. This first course will be held at Studio 20. Payment for this course is made to the Academy of Botanical Art. Call for information 941-953-9999. Courses #2, #3, #4 are held at Selby Gardens. Please bring lunch.
Course #2
January 9, 16, 23
10am to 3:30pm
$350 Members/$375 Non-Members
$19.00 Fee to Academy for Handout Materials
PLEIN AIR FIELD STUDIES
Gathering reference material for painted backgrounds through the use of plein air color/value sketches combined with photographic resources. Please bring lunch.
Course #3
February 13, 20, March 6
10am to 3:30pm
$350 Members/$375 Non-Members
$19.00 Fee to Academy for Handout Materials
DESIGNING FOR DEPTH & FOCUS
Compositional tools for building greater depth, form and pattern into your paintings
Please bring lunch.
Course #4
April 10, April 24, May 8
10am to 3:30pm
$350 Members/$375 Non-Members
$19.00 Fee to Academy for Handout Materials
$100 Fee to Academy for Graduates Review, Grade & Certificate
BOTANICALS IN BACKGROUNDS
"The Senior Thesis" of the Advanced Studies in Nature Painting series. Please bring lunch.
To learn more about your instructor, visit: www.sanders-studio.com
TO REGISTER FOR CLASSES CALL
MARILYNN SHELLEY @ 941-366-5731 X 239
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS PROGRAM CALL
OLIVIA @ 941-953-9999
Academy @ Kentucky
with Leslie Ramsey
Botanical Art Workshops
Graphite - Watercolor - Pen & Ink
Beginners to Advanced
With
Leslie Ramsey
Certified Botanical Artist
Certified Academy Instructor
THURSDAYS
to June
Day & Evening Classes
Day: 10am to 1 pm $200 (individual class $75)
Evening: 5:30pm - 8:30pm $200 (individual class $75)
Location
4464 Stuart Hall Boulevard #33102
Lexington, KY 40509
Art supplies and books not included.
For recent Arboretum/Kentucky University
Workshop attendees who completed Drawing I and Watercolor I, pursue the next level book
Drawing II and Watercolor II.
For Books and Course Paks and
Art Supplies visit...
www.botanicalartsupplies.com
To Register, call Leslie Ramsey:
606-434-4280
Exhibits Museums
South Florida Museum
201 10th Street West
Bradenton, Florida 34205
(941) 746-4131
http://www.southfloridamuseum.org/
John and Mable Ringling Museum
5401 Bay Shore Road,
Sarasota Florida 34243
(941) 359-5700
http://www.ringling.org/
Museum of Fine Arts
255 Beach Drive NE, St.
Petersburg, FL 33701
(727) 896-2667
http://www.fine-arts.org/
Salvador Dali Museum
1000 Third Street South
St. Petersburg, Florida 33701-4901
(727) 823-3767
http://www.salvadordalimuseum.org/home.html
Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation
Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213-3890
(412) 268-2434
http://huntbot.andrew.cmu.edu/
National Museum of Women in the Arts
1250 New York Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20005-3970
(202) 783-5000
1-800-222-7270
http://www.nmwa.org/
Smithsonian Institute
10th Street and Constitution Ave., NW in Washington, D.C. 20560
(202) 633-1000
http://www.si.edu/
Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10028
(212) 535-7710
http://www.metmuseum.org/
American Museum of Natural History
79th Street @ Central Park West
New York, New York
(212) 769-5100
http://www.amnh.org/
American Museum of Natural History
79th Street @ Central Park West
New York, New York
(212) 769-5100
http://www.amnh.org/
Modern Museum of Art
11 West 53 Street,
New York, NY 10019-5497
(212) 708-9400
http://www.moma.org/
Brooklyn Museum of Art
200 Eastern Pkwy
Brooklyn, NY 11238
(718) 638-5000
http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/
High Museum of Art
1280 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30309
(404) 733-HIGH
Receptionist: 404-733-4400
http://www.high.org/
Art Institute of Chicago
111 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, Illinois, 60603-6404
(312) 443-3600
http://www.artic.edu/aic/
Bruce Museum One Museum Drive
Greenwich, CT 06830
203-869-0376
http://www.brucemuseum.org/
Harvard University Museum of Natural History
Home of the famous Glass Flower Sculptures
by Leopold Blaschka (1822-1895)
and his son Rudolf (1857-1939)
22 Divinity Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02138
(617) 495-2365
http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/
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